Busy Bees Manchester Street

Welcome to Puddleducks Feilding – we have 3 centres in Feilding, both located within minutes to the town centre and local amenities. Feilding is where the Puddleducks journey began in 2000, in Manchester Street. Puddleducks believe in the community and our Directors, and many staff are all Feilding locals.

We are a purpose built, beautifully presented centre based in the middle of the Friendly Feilding township.

We cater for the ages of 0-6; providing quality care and education Monday to Friday 7.30-5.30. We are adjacent to Manchester Street School, a close walking distance from parks, the library, Makino aquatic centre and the town centre. Our children enjoy being able to embrace community experiences on a regular basis, especially Rural Day and the farmers market.

We have three spaces; Infants/Pateke, Toddlers/Whio and the Preschool/Ohanga; these spaces provide meaningful engaging learning opportunities, specifically for the ages of the children in the rooms. We have 90% qualified teachers who are passionate about providing quality learning experiences for our children.

Whanaungatanga is a core value in our centre; strong, reciprocal respectful relationships between children, parents/whanau and teachers is highly important to us. Through these relationships we build strong partnerships and effective communication avenues with our families and community; this we believe opens pathways and fosters continued learning for our children.

Both the Infants/Pateke and the Toddler/Whio classrooms have a strong emphasis on Primary Care Teaching; each child has a teacher who ensures that their daily needs and learning experiences are met. These key one on one relationships support children’s emotional well-being while developing a strong sense of belonging; which supports the latest research surrounding ‘Attachment Based’ theory and learning. Free-movement practice is embedded throughout the Infants/Pateke room philosophy, interweaving with their underpinning values of children having the opportunity to reach milestones unassisted.

The Preschool/Ohanga space facilitates multiple learning experiences for the varied ages of children within the rooms. We nurture and extend their curiosities about the world around them, acknowledging that each child has their own set of skills and meaningful experiences to contribute to their learning. A Fun@Four learner ready programme that extends children’s learning dispositions, cultivates questioning and wonderment is offered to children when they turn four. We pride ourselves on our ‘Transition to School’ programme which has created strong partnerships and pathways with our local schools to create seamless transitions for our children.